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eftihis 15th September 2022 10:21 PM

17th- 18th North Italian dagger
 
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Opinions please regarding authenticity.

Rick 16th September 2022 12:09 AM

I'm skeptical, the blade looks like it was made yesterday. The decoration on the guard looks pretty crude compared to the rest of the piece.

Just my opinion though, this is not my field of interest.

Jim McDougall 16th September 2022 04:15 AM

Interesting melange of features, an innovative creation.
The 'face' on the guard reminiscent of 'green man' type theme of early to mid 17th c. English hilts.
The artistically copied 'anchor' of many 17th c. Spanish swords was never as far as I have known been seen on daggers.
In this case the pierced apertures in the blade recall Albacete style daggers and plug bayonets.
Intriguing, but certainly not of antiquity in my opinion.

Radboud 16th September 2022 06:09 AM

Interesting knife, not my area but the markings and blade piercing is almost identical to one of my smallswords:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=27980

Jim McDougall 16th September 2022 07:19 AM

As indicated in the linked thread, the 'anchor' is not a 'Toledo' mark but a conventional device used in a symbolic sense on blades there initially, but was followed in degree in some other centers...most notably Solingen.

fernando 16th September 2022 05:28 PM

Atypical piece indeed. Is this dagger in your collection, Eftihis ?

eftihis 17th September 2022 07:39 AM

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Hi Fernando! It is not my area of collection, but its a fascinated area so i have some old european daggers

fernando 17th September 2022 10:19 AM

What an excelent set of daggers. Thanks for sharing it.


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